Disappointing compared to some of the author's other books
(Review date: December 2011)
The story follows minor novelist Ise Tadataka, who has been
commissioned by a magazine to write a series of travel articles whose
selling point is to be a focus on the myths and legends of some
out-of-the-way corners of Japan. Ise goes on a series of research trips
to the places he's going to write about, accompanied by Hamanaka Mitsuo,
who is one of the magazine's editorial staff. By coincidence, at one of
the places they stay they witness a police hunt for a burie
Disappointing compared to some of the author's other books
(Review date: December 2011)
The story follows minor novelist Ise Tadataka, who has been commissioned by a magazine to write a series of travel articles whose selling point is to be a focus on the myths and legends of some out-of-the-way corners of Japan. Ise goes on a series of research trips to the places he's going to write about, accompanied by Hamanaka Mitsuo, who is one of the magazine's editorial staff. By coincidence, at one of the places they stay they witness a police hunt for a burie